OHP: Pedestrian s death on SH 39 under investigation
The Shawnee News-Star
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating after a Moore man was found deceased along SH 39 at Okay Road, about four miles northeast of Wanette.
The patrol reports the incident occurred about 6:23 a.m. on Sunday, May 2, in Pottawatomie County.
Pedestrian Leo L. Mooney III, 46, Moore, was pronounced dead at the scene from massive injuries, the OHP report shows.
The report shows an unknown vehicle was involved, but what exactly happened and cause remains under investigation. The weather was reported as being heavy fog with light rain that morning.
The patrol, in a Facebook post to the public, said the location of the incident was just east of the Cleveland County and Pottawatomie County line; OHP received a call from a passing motorist that a male was deceased in the roadway. Anyone who might have seen anything or has any information on this incident is asked to call OHP s Central Communications Center a
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The Pottawatomie County Commissioners approved to go out on bid for a new drone for the Pottawatomie County Sheriff s Office in their regular meeting Monday, April 26.
Pott. County Sheriff s Dispatch phone number reports outage
The Shawnee News-Star
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff s Office main dispatch main number of (405) 273-1727 is currently experiencing an outage. The Sheriff s Office asked that those needing assistance for non-911 calls should
call (405) 878-8706 for assistance until the line is working again.
Sunday afternoon, PCSO reported that AT&T had a software issue in their switches discovered during implementation of the new area code, so service was expected to be down for many for unknown amount of time.
Watch for updates.
The Shawnee News-Star
Tecumseh Public Schools announced the end of a green lockdown Thursday morning after being notified by area law enforcement that the two escapees from Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center were apprehended without incident.
The district said it would resume its normal school day.
According to Tecumseh Police Chief J.R. Kidney, around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, two individuals escaped from COJC, prompting Tecumseh school sites to enact lockdown measures.
Kidney said law enforcement formed a perimeter and checked all the areas surrounding the facility.
After receiving tips from Tecumseh citizens who spotted the two escapees, he said police were able to apprehend the juveniles near Gaddy and New Hope Road just before 11 a.m.